May 4, 1971
The Fillmore East
New York City
OU: from cassette with azimuth adjustment done. It sounds a little better. The tracking is a bit different. If you already got this, you may not need to get it again. The improvement is minimal.
THE SONGS:
01 Nothing Is Easy 8:25
02 Aqualung 7:34
03 With You There To Help Me / By Kind Permission Of 11:40
04 Hymn 43 3:46
05 intro to My God 0:43
06 My God 14:17
07 intro to Cross Eyed Mary 1:01
08 Cross-Eyed Mary (incl. drum solo) 9:22
09 crowd noise 2:33
10 Wind Up 4:18
11 Guitar Solo 5:12
12 Locomotive Breath 6:28
13 Wind Up (conclusion) 1:45
Total Time 76:55
CD Art included
This is the artwork I made for the first transfer. The times won't match up because the tracking is a bit different. Still, I really like the front cover. I wish I could make still make cover art. Unfortunately, I've lost that ability.
Tull played 2 shows at the Fillmore on both May 4 and May 5. The 2nd show on the 5th was Clive's last show with the band. Two of the shows have been bootlegged previously as "The Fillmore East 1971" and "Clive's Last Show" and "Hymn 43".
Since I don't own either of those I can't say if this is one of them. On my tape Ian does say "Welcome to the Fillmore East." Later "It's nice to be back in Pittsburgh."
He's joking about Pittsburgh. Maybe someone who has one of those could compare times (of course a difference in tape speed and tracking could make comparisons difficult).
The Ministry of Information lists Hymn 43 as only being played on May 4. So this is most likely the 4th. Of course the MOI has been wrong before and given the passage of time, inaccurate record keeping, hazy memories, the vagaries of bootlegging, and the like, this could actually be any of those four shows. Who cares? It's a great band performing at one of their creative peaks. Enjoy.
The band is clearly energized by the new music they are playing. All but two of the songs performed here are from Aqualung, an album that very few in the audience knew, though My God had been played live for the better part of the previous year. Pretty nervy of the band. But then Tull has always challenged their audience.
This line-up lasted only 5 months from January to May 1971. Clive would be replaced in June by Barrie Barlow. Everyone, except Jeffrey, gets an extended solo (you don't get that these days). The album Aqualung had been released just a few weeks earlier and the crowd's minimal reaction to the now-classic songs is thus explained.
I'll bet that in 1971 the band never dreamed they'd be playing some of these songs 35+ years later and some of them (Aqualung, Locomotive Breath) on an almost nightly basis for the better part of those 30 years.
The quality and energy of the performance more than transcends the limitations of the sound quality (not too good) preserved by some unknown taper 35 years ago.
Check it out.
PERSONNEL:
Ian Anderson - vocals, flute, guitar
Martin Barre - electric guitar
John Evan - keyboards
Clive Bunker - drums
Jeffrey Hammond - bass
THE SOUND:
Monophonic Audience recording
Mediocre at best, it was 1971 after all.
But this is worth getting because the band is FANTASTIC!
I was going to concerts at that time and frankly, in most instances, the sound stunk. What you hear here is not much worse than if you were in the crowd that night 35 years ago. Sound systems have improved immeasurably since the early 70's. The quality and energy of the performance more than transcends the limitations of the sound quality (crummy). GIVE IT A LISTEN ANYWAY
THE LINEAGE: audience tape > tape (unknown # of generations) > FLAC 8 via xAct
a raw transfer - NO noise reduction or equalization was done
rar files packed with a (winrar) recovery record -
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1 comment:
I have been looking for a decent JT recording of the Aqualung era. This seems to be it!
Many thanks,
Benoît
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